> From a network point of view, BitTorrent is horrendous. It has no way of knowing network topology which frequently means traffic flows from eyeball network to eyeball network for which there is no "cheap" path available...
As a consumer, I pay the same for my data transfer regardless of the location of the endpoint though, and ISPs arrange peering accordingly. If this topology is common then I expect ISPs to adjust their arrangements to cater for it, just the same as any other topology.
As a consumer, I pay the same for my data transfer regardless of the location of the endpoint though, and ISPs arrange peering accordingly. If this topology is common then I expect ISPs to adjust their arrangements to cater for it, just the same as any other topology.